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Rick Bowness makes his debut behind the CBJ bench
"He's talking all the time. It's almost rare when he's not talking."
Michael Arace
Born and raised in Hartford, Conn. Hartford Courant 1982-1999. Major beats: Boston Celtics/NBA, Hartford Whalers/NHL, UConn basketball. Columbus Dispatch 1999-2025. First Blue Jackets beat writer. Columnist 2004-2025.
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Rick Bowness was cruising down the Intracoastal Waterway when his phone rang ...
"Rick, this is Don Waddell. How you doing? How about coming out of retirement to coach the Blue Jackets?"
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I thought Dean Evason was a perfect fit in Columbus. Now, he's gone.
Waddell fires Evason, hires Rick Bowness, 70
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12 games over 21 days will determine what Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell does next
Keep it together or tear it apart?
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The Weekly Dis
Disa and data about the Crew's new coach, and much more
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Holy Kierkegaard! Some clues to Henrik Rydström, the next Columbus Crew coach
From Dolly Parton to The War on Drugs to Danish existentialism, a quick primer
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Wilfried Nancy and Bloody Monday, on both sides of the pond
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Blue Jackets suffer through another third-period meltdown
The season half-over and the Jackets remain a few points and a million miles away from a playoff spot
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The Weekly Dis
The return of Zach Werenski to the CBJ lineup, of Jarmo Kekalainen to Nationwide Arena and of Condor to the Dirty Garage
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10 minutes with Issa Tall, general manager of the Columbus Crew, upon the hiring of a new coach
It's not easy to replace Wilfried Nancy
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Holy umlaut! Columbus Crew name Nancy's successor: Henrik Rydström, formerly of Malmö
"Of course we need to win. But let's go out and enjoy ourselves by playing a football that we can feel." -- Henrik Rydström, in a 2024 interview with Sky Sports
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Don Waddell on the unloading of Yegor Chinakhov
The sprint to the Olympic break is off and running